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FreeAgent GoFlex Drive (G: ) Is an external back up drive for all the important data on (C, (D and (F Entire D and F drives are backed up to G and selected folders from C (Sites, My Documents) are backed up to G. I do backups manually using Sync toy.

G also has a WindowsImageBackup folder.

In case it is relevant to the final required outcome I have connected a very old external drive with 3 partitions M, L and O that I sometimes use. This contains files that I rearly use but
are handy to have "just in case".

I will soon purchase a Seagate 3T external hard drive to replace the FreeAgent GoFlex Drive (G that is running low on head room.

I will then use the the FreeAgent GoFlex Drive to store photos and videos that I create
myself in the future. This drive can be backed up to the spare 1T that will be available on the new Seagate 3T.

You state your goal is to wisely want C smaller for imaging purposes, however I would not move the programs off of C because they integrate themselves into the OS and should remain a part of the image.

However it is justifiably popular to have a separate data partition with your data separated from the image so that if Win7 becomes irreparable you can re-image its partition in 20 minutes and your data is safe and current in its own partition vault. Remember however you should keep the data as well as image backed up externally.

Thanks for your advice.
I am dillignetly reading through everything you have presented.

I have began moving files (MyDocuments, Sites etc) to D and will attempt the more serious partitioning tomorrow. I have noticed a lot of space occupied by files in the C "Users" folder (107 GB) and have checked the folders.

There are two users, Admin, which I use all the time and one other "Spare" which I created a long time ago and must have used for a month or so but is not required. I will search the forum for advice about how to remove it. It would be more convenient at boot up not to have to click "Admin" to continue each time the computer boots up.

For the "My Videos" , "My Pics" folders in each user I assume I can create a new folder on D and move the contents of those user folders to the new folders on D without causing any issues.
There is a lot of data (around 50GB) in the App Data folders of both users which I will not touch.

I'll let you know how I go with the partitioning.
Thanks for your help.

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